Another monk was thinking of how to improve the situation but ... "The problem is I am reluctant to much time into it because as soon as you've updated a page some know-nothing comes along and vandalises it according to his own prejudices."

There are a few good things on Wiki concerning Buddhism, but there are many gawd awful pieces of manure such as the article on anatta. It is a waste of time to try to correct the anatta article, given that Ken Wheeler, or one of his minions, will alter it back to the silly-assed drivel that he thinks is the truth of things.

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723

>> Do you see a man wise[enlightened/ariya]in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<<-- Proverbs 26:12

I used to do a bit of editing here and there. Unfortunately you get a few amateur Buddhologists on there, and they're in the nasty habit of reverting anything you say that conflicts with their idea of what Buddhism's about. Anyway, best of luck team - Hope the citation-spree goes smoothly

mettaJack

"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

Stefan, a member here on Dhamma Wheel, seems to be active at Wikipedia. I know Stefan has contributed a few items, possibly lists and chronologies. You may consider inviting Stefan in any contributing/editing project.kind regards

Ben

“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:in mountain clefts and chasms,loud gush the streamlets,but great rivers flow silently.- Sutta Nipata 3.725

I'll gladly help! Just tell me what to do (fix spelling, grammar, etc.) and the articles that need to be edited.

I am on the path, however not yet advanced. Any opinions or insights I share are meant entirely for discussion purposes and in cases where people might find them beneficial in whatever way. Since I am not advanced on the Path, I cannot guarantee that what I say will always necessarily be 100% true or in line with the Dhamma. However, having had an extremely interesting life with a wide variety of different (many of them deep) experiences, I hope that anything I share will be of use, provide food for thought, and inspire interesting and beneficial discussions.

It might be a good idea to take each Wikipedia article and look at it together, post quotes which are unclear or terms which are misspelled on this thread, and then through cooperative effort produce a better version. Maybe Stefan could be the one to do the actual Wikipedia updating.

I like that idea. Centralised, organised, deliberate wholesome improvement of a resource used by millions and all-too-often regarded as 'fact'. I thought as long as good references were used 'edit wars' were forbidden? What better reference for Buddhism is there than the Canon?

Should other wikipedia editors feel the need to erroneously change what we correct, we should report them for breaking the wikipedia terms of use. I did it once on the Piano article, and the system does work.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion … ...He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.John Stuart Mill

I am on the path, however not yet advanced. Any opinions or insights I share are meant entirely for discussion purposes and in cases where people might find them beneficial in whatever way. Since I am not advanced on the Path, I cannot guarantee that what I say will always necessarily be 100% true or in line with the Dhamma. However, having had an extremely interesting life with a wide variety of different (many of them deep) experiences, I hope that anything I share will be of use, provide food for thought, and inspire interesting and beneficial discussions.